Certified Welding Fabrica...

AWS Certified Welding Fabricator®

View the fees for this programAWS Certified Welding Supervisor Program:
The perfect complement to the AWS Certified Welding Fabricator.
For more information on the Certified Welding Supervisor Program, visit this webpage or call (800) 443-9353 x 273.

The AWS Certified Welding Fabricator(CWF) program was designed to meet industry demand for a program that recognizes companies who can demonstrate they have the resources, procedures, and personnel to apply a quality management system to the welding fabrication activities. In turn, these companies gain a competitive advantage in the market because their customers can trust that the products they have ordered were fabricated under a quality system.

What does it mean for a company to be certified as a Welding Fabricator?ANSWER

Certification means the company cares enough about what it does that it is willing to invest the necessary resources to put a quality management system into place for its welding operations. It means that the company is willing to have someone else come in and look at what they are doing. It also shows that the company is qualified and committed to fabricate the weldments to required specifications, which results in fewer nonconformances to the customer. A certified company’s customers will have the assurance that it is an above-average fabricator.

What will our company be responsible for as an AWS Certified Welding Fabricator?ANSWER

AWS Certified Welding Fabricators are responsible for control of contract documents and procedures, material control, welding, inspection, and shipment. The welding fabricator is required to operate an internal quality control program, in accordance with a quality manual that meets the requirements of AWS B5.17, Specification for the Qualification of Welding Fabricators. While the specification doesn’t require a welding fabricator to control weldment design or final coating, it does not preclude those activities.

How can this certification be an affordable alternative or supplement to other quality systems?ANSWER

This AWS certification can be an affordable alternative or supplement to ISO-, AISC-, NADCAP-, or ASME-aligned quality systems. And while it has been the certification of choice for some of the largest fabricators, CWF also offers an excellent pathway for the small- and medium-sized facility to be recognized as among the elite group of highest-quality welding fabricators.